Planet Corp. by Maschinen-Mensch
Planet Corp has announced a revolutionary new approach to solve the world's resource problems. Thanks to their latest invention in spacecraft mining, they have discovered a method to extract valuable resources from beneath a planet's surface. Take control of the Planet Corp mining vessel and start extracting for mankind and a better future! But please, don't blow up too many planets in the process.
++---------------++
Working in space is dangerous. Here are some tips from the secret Planet Corp Mining Manual..
* Firing torpedo-drills on the planet surface, will decrease stability. So use less torpedos if possible.
* Resources that are in the explosion range of a torpedo-drill are lost. The ideal approach to harvesting is to ignite the resource chambers without actually destroying them.
* Understand how different planet materials influence the drilling speed of your torpedos.
* Don't hit the planet core. Doing this will heavily increase the danger of planet destibilization.
* Yes, Venus can be successfully harvested.
++---------------++
The game does not require any plugins and should run directly in your browser window.
Use Twitter for feedback and questions: @CuriousExped
++---------------++
Credits:
Riad Djemili - Code & Idea
Johannes Kristmann - Art & Idea
Lawrence Steele - Title Music
Special Thanks to Shawn Frison
++---------------++
Working in space is dangerous. Here are some tips from the secret Planet Corp Mining Manual..
* Firing torpedo-drills on the planet surface, will decrease stability. So use less torpedos if possible.
* Resources that are in the explosion range of a torpedo-drill are lost. The ideal approach to harvesting is to ignite the resource chambers without actually destroying them.
* Understand how different planet materials influence the drilling speed of your torpedos.
* Don't hit the planet core. Doing this will heavily increase the danger of planet destibilization.
* Yes, Venus can be successfully harvested.
++---------------++
The game does not require any plugins and should run directly in your browser window.
Use Twitter for feedback and questions: @CuriousExped
++---------------++
Credits:
Riad Djemili - Code & Idea
Johannes Kristmann - Art & Idea
Lawrence Steele - Title Music
Special Thanks to Shawn Frison
| Play in Browser (HTML5) | http://www.maschinen-mensch.com |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=33058 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 78% | 2 |
| Overall(Jam) | 4.10 | 20 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.41 | 212 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.96 | 24 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 4.12 | 117 |
| Humor(Jam) | 3.81 | 41 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 4.09 | 16 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.59 | 147 |
| Theme(Jam) | 4.18 | 11 |
Overall a nice and simple mechanic. Addicting as hell too! I think I'll be back to play this one again. :)
P.S.: Venus is ridiculous!!!
Beautiful and gameplay-friendly art , check.
Well written and fitting theme, check.
Well done mate. Well done.
I have to say, though, Venus is WAY too hard. Even once I found a better approach (go for 2, not 3, and stay away from the core) it still took me a while. There were a couple times I hit every pocket but still didn't have enough resources.
But still, great overall. Especially the newscaster sound effects.
love the style!
@tschery: The vine is here: https://vine.co/v/MrKZ6ApTOH0 . We also tweeted it from our game account @curiousexped :)
The audio effects are perfect (although some a little bit jarring) and the opening title music is great, so - why is there no music ingame? :(
Some notes:
- Should be able to skip sections of the cutscenes with a click instead of the whole thing. Sometimes people just want th hear things FASTER instead of skipping totally.
- I'd have loved to have some feedback when the explosions happened: How many points? How much of this did I collect? And also: Do I still have a chance of winning this level?
All in all, fantastic entry with an amazing level of polish!
The game is incredible, love it !
The concept is awesome, would have been great if the "fuel" was part of the game difficulty.
I think it is one of the best compo of the LD.
It is hard not to put 5/5 everywhere^^
Complete and full of interesting details.
I had fun playing and I think it's perfect as it is ^ ^
@Dooleus: Thanks, actually the whole point of the game is blowing up planets. If you didn't see the planet explode, you didn't beat the level. There are multiple levels and a small plot connecting them.
The steering and gameplay is so simple and easy to understand.
The pixel style and premise with the news caster is really fantastic.
Good (no genius) game!
If you read this, a billion #$%#$%'s at you for the venus level. That took me an hour...but did feel so good once I beat it. The final earth level was a nice pause (at least you didn't make it even harder :)).
Loved the game, ended up spending most of an hour to beat it. Bravo!
This is really nice :)
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2014/05/04/my-favorite-ld29-games/
Well done. Thanks for sharing! :D
5 star all around
"Earth: Don't do it."
It could do with some more rock types maybe, put 'em on the moons of Saturn and Jupiter? The best LD game so far.
And I don't think Venus is possible ;)
Screw venus!!! >_<
But this game is still awesome! That intro song... wow!
And nice graphics!